Hell?

Question:Do you think we feel the eternal torment or eternal bliss in the same way we experience things now? With our physical bodies? Because, it's not our physical bodies, right? It's our souls, or whatever you'd like to call it.
So, Hell, being the eternal lake of fire, would it really be torment to a soul with no physical feelings or sensations of touch, sight, smell...?? I asked my husband, and he said Hell is actually the "absence of God". And that in itself is torment. But still, do you think your soul acknowledges that in the same way we do here on Earth?
I don't know if I'm explaining this right, but what are your thoughts?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Do you think we feel the eternal torment or eternal bliss in the same way we experience things now? With our physical bodies? Because, it's not our physical bodies, right? It's our souls, or whatever you'd like to call it.
So, Hell, being the eternal lake of fire, would it really be torment to a soul with no physical feelings or sensations of touch, sight, smell...?? I asked my husband, and he said Hell is actually the "absence of God". And that in itself is torment. But still, do you think your soul acknowledges that in the same way we do here on Earth?
I don't know if I'm explaining this right, but what are your thoughts?

When the soul will be subjected to God's punishment in hell, the soul will definitely feel the flames and scorches. The soul indeed doesnt have nerve endings but it surely will feel the heat, since the nature of hell is it was made for souls and not for physical bodies, and the pain will never diminish.

Physical bodies will die minutes after burning and thus lose sensation to the flames, however in the case of the souls, souls will not undergo such physical/chemical changes and thus, the sensation to the flames will never decrease.

"The absence of God" is indeed in itself, torment, since after death, the soul will seek to go back to its maker, and hell will prevent the soul from returning to its maker for millions and millions of years. The feeling of separation and hopelessness will be terrible. A soul would prefer a situation for God to increase the heat of the flames in hell 100 times but with the condition that after 1,000 years, God would take his soul away from hell and end his suffering. Rather than maintain the heat of the flames but subject his soul in hell endlessly. That's how terrible the hopelessness feels.

Heaven- Being drunk.
Hell- The hangover.

Heaven? its cold! Didnt you see how high it is??!??!
Hell? its hot! didn't you see hwo deep it is???!?!?!

No seriously, they don't exist. What sick *** god lets people burn forever in hell? "forever" is kind of long ya know. Not even hitler deserves it....
and heaven...? well, lets hope its real :) Though I prefer to believe its a stop, a pause, before you go on your next life :D
Life is a preparation. Either for dying, or for a bigass journey!

I think that heaven is too perfect for human minds to comprehend. And I agree with your husband that hell is the absence of God, especially if Heaven is experienced before Hell.

Acceptance leads to Heaven, and resistance leads to hell. Not later, but now.

Hell could also be described as a sense of separation. However, actual separation isn't possible.

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When we are in limbo, the cross roads of conscience and sub-conscience.

...All the heaven and hell ever experienced occurs during a lifetime. Only oblivion occurs after death.

Essentially yes. Man and woman know about these states of mind or living in conditions and define them as heaven and hell. That's why there is no debate about there being such while living on earth. The debate is if there is such a thing after ones life here on Earth has ended. Later.

Heaven will be a non-dream-like consciousness. Everything will be so perfect, the ultimate super reality of existence in which you can actually look God in the face.

Hell is when God walks past you. While you're alive he stands in front of you the whole time asking you if you'll love him. When you die your answer decides whether or not he brings you along.

No one is in Heaven or Hell yet tho. The end hasn't happened yet. On Judgement Day every soul will be examined by Him.

I regard all descriptions of Heaven and Hell as metaphorical. As Hamlet soliloquized, they relate to something on which we have no report. All descriptions are attempts to use the known to get across an unknown idea.

The particular efforts put into emphasizing the torments of Hell combine the human fascination with the gruesome and horrifying (e.g., gothic novels) with the desire to scare people into obedience. Attempts at literal analysis simply devote themselves entirely to the latter motive.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that Hell might actually be a good and desirable state (although plenty of writers have found that sort of preaching worthy of considerable satire). But literalism on this topic has no value for its own sake and might even spring from hellish motives.